The bill of the last session providing for an increase of the pay of the rank and file of the Army has had beneficial results, not only in facilitating enlistments, but in obvious improvement in the class of men who enter the service.
Pierce notes the positive effects of increased pay for soldiers on enlistment and the quality of recruits.
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